The argument here is facile. First, it's possible to show flashcards a little and play a lot, and this has a great effect. It's not either-or. Second, it's trendy in ed school to say "those factoids are going to be meaningless in the new world" but it is totally false. Facts are the things that we learn and know. To be opposed to them is to be opposed to knowledge. The speaker here strikes me as being an ideologue. "Play is under siege"--what nonsense.
The argument here is facile. First, it's possible to show flashcards a little and play a lot, and this has a great effect. It's not either-or. Second, it's trendy in ed school to say "those factoids are going to be meaningless in the new world" but it is totally false. Facts are the things that we learn and know. To be opposed to them is to be opposed to knowledge. The speaker here strikes me as being an ideologue. "Play is under siege"--what nonsense.
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